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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00
I didn't address the issue because I chose not to. The companies should be able to show a plan. And yes I think they will be profitable again one day. And I don't understand your job program question. What jobs are you going to retrain these employees for? I'm not quite sure a lot of you understand what's going on in Michigan. THERE ARE NO JOBS. Perhaps they could use that money to relocate, but who wants to leave their family and everything they know?
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I had in mind anywhere in the country. If there are no other jobs where you are, and your present job and benefits make it hard from your company to be profitable, and your company makes decisions like the one you mentioned to lay off the people who actually produce the cars and give raises to white collar workers, I think you've got to start looking at a plan B.
The best plan B may not be a federal bailout of the companies as they exist currently.
ETA: And if we think that it is the government's job to guarantee manufacturing jobs remain in the US, which is a complicated issue, and Detroit is the best place to start, then it seems like the money has to come with some serious strings attached.